RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT CLASS 10 EXTRA QUESTIONS GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER 1 VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS 1. What is a Resource? Give two examples. Answer: Everything available in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs, provided, it is technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable can be termed as Resource. Coal, water, air, minerals etc. are some examples of resource. 2. What is the role of humans in resource development ? Answer: (i) Human beings interact with nature through technology and create institutions to accelerate their economic development. (ii) Human beings transfer material available in our environment into resource and use them. 3. How can the resources be classified on the basis of origin ? [CBSE 2010] Answer: Biotic and Abiotic. 4. What are abiotic resources? [CBSE 2014] Answer: All those things which are composed of non – living things are called abiotic resources. ...